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2002 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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December 20, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Year in Review
Laura Washington — Columnist for Chicago Sun-Times
Joe Weber — Reporter for Business Week
Eric Zorn — Columnist for Chicago Tribune
Audio Holiday Baking
Greg Patent — Baking in America: Traditional and Contemporary Favorites from the past 200 Years
Nick Malgeri — Perfect Cakes, Director of the NY Culinary Institute
Steve Dolinsky — Food contributor
Audio Tamales
Tony Sarabia — Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio We Three Beings
Daniel Ferri — Contributor
Audio Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller — Film contributor
Audio Cool Spot: World's Biggest Cuckoo Clock
Jerry Pohlen — Contributor
Alpine Alpa — 1504 U.S. Route 62 Wilmot, OH 44689
December 19, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Licenses for Bribes Update
Carlos Hernandez Gomez — Political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Terry Norton — Director of the Better Government Association
Audio Christmas Book Bag
Al Gini — Rresident philosopher and professor of Philosophy at Loyola University

Audio School Choice
Judith McCray — Independent producer and Chicago writer
Audio Magnet Schools and Selective Enrollment Programs
Julie Woestehoff — Executive director of Parents United for Responsible Education
Jody Becker — Education reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Wilfredo Ortiz — Chief of High School Development at Chicago Public Schools
Audio
Helen and Bill Boardman
Centenarian
Neenah Ellis — Independent producer and author of If I Live to be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians
Helen Boardman — Age 106
Bill Boardman — Husband of Helen Boardman
December 18, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Retail Update
Peter Gill — Communications director for Illinois Retail Merchants Association
Audio Philanthropy
Delena Wilkerson — Executive director of the Non-profit Financial Center in Chicago
Audio Santa Claus Exposed
Rachel Louise Snyder — Chicago writer
Audio Smallpox Vaccination
Dr Quentin Young — Medical contributor
Audio Curing AIDS
Aaron Freeman — Contributor
Audio Resegregation in Evanston Schools?
Jody Becker — Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Celluloid Statehouse
Bill Wheelhouse — Statehouse bureau chief for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Carrane Sex Shop
Jim Carrane — Contributor
Early To Bed, women-run sex shop at Foster and Sheridan
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Carl Behrend
Album: Legends of the Great Lakes
Song: "The Christmas Ship"
December 17, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Gov. Thompson Appointed To 9/11 Investigation
Jim Thompson — Former Governor of Illinois
Audio Pritzker Family Troubles
Shane Tritsch — Managing editor of Chicago Magazine
Audio Cubs Sue Rooftop Owners
Andy MacPhail — President and CEO of the Chicago Cubs
Audio Landmark Status for Wrigley Field
Ed Keegan — Architecture contributor
Audio Lewis & Clark
Tom Weber — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Mobile Technology
Victoria Lautman — Regular contributor
Jay Melican — Researcher at the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Two For Brazil
Album: Two For Noel
Song: "The Christmas Song"
December 16, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Mayoral Challenger
Rev. Paul Jakes Jr. — St. Paul Baptist Church and Mayoral Candidate
Audio Aldermanic Elections
Dick Simpson — Professor of political science at UIC, former Chicago alderman
Audio New Reliever
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor
Billy Koch — New relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
Audio Clemency March
Lawrence Marshall — Legal director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo — Chicago writer
Audio Blagojevich's First Budget
Charlie Schleuker — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Alleys
Bob Thall — Chair of the photography department at Columbia College. Book: City Spaces: Photographs of Chicago Alleys
December 13, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio War and Religion
Bishop C. Joseph Sprague — United Methodist Church
Chaplain Jerry Gleason — 33rd Area Support Group, Illinois National Guard
Audio Voices in the Wilderness
Danny Muller — Co-coordinator for Voices in the Wilderness
Audio The Quiet American
Bill Ayers — Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago
Audio Theater Reviews
Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor
Audio Good Design
Imes Demitrious — Author, filmaker, designer and director of the Imes Office
Victoria Lautman — Regular contributor
Audio Hate Groups
Charlie Schleuker — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Saltwater at the Shedd
Brad Popovich — Vice President / Facilities Manager at the Shedd Aquarium
December 12, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Cook County Hospital Tour
Steve Edwards — Host of Eight Forty-Eight
Audio Cook County Hospital History
Dr. Quentin Young — Medical contributor
Audio Cook County Hospital Architecture
David Bahlman — Executive director of the Landmark Preservation Council
Audio Employment Outlook
John A. Challenger — CEO of Challenger, Gray and Christmas, an international out-placement company
Audio Minority Media
Jorge Mota — Managing editor for WSNS - Channel 44 News
Eugene Scott — Publisher for the Chicago Defender
Andrew Rojecki — Professor of communications at UIC and author of The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race Relations in America
Audio The Looks Book
Esther Drill, Heather McDonald and Rebecca Odes — Co-authors of The Looks Book: A Whole New Approach to Beauty, Body Image and Style
Teshima Walker — Senior producer
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Kiltartin Road with Kathy Cowan
Album: A Kiltartin Road Christmas
Song: "Ave Marie/Mary, What'cha Call"
Performing Sunday, Dec. 15th at 3pm at the Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox Avenue Chicago
December 11, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Harold Ramis
Jim Carrane — Regular contributor
Harold Ramis — Filmmaker, local writer and performer. His new movie Analyze That is currently in theaters
Audio Piece Of Sky
Rita Coburn Whack — Regular contributor
Nicole Bailey-Williams — Author of A Little Piece of Sky
Audio Artist Housing
Tony Sarabia — Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Horticulture Therapy
Patsy Benveniste — Director of Education at the Chicago Botanic Garden - The Buehler Enabling Garden
Audio Farm City Kids
Chris Lehman — Reporter for Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Even In Blackouts
Album: Myths & Imaginary Magicians
Song: "If Leaving"
December 10, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio History of the Federal Courts
Rich Cahan — Author of A Court That Shaped America
Audio Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor
Audio Environmental Business Schools
Jesse Hardman — Contributor
Audio Pork Checkoff
Shawn Johnson — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Instant McDonald's
John Green — Chicago writer, satirist, and creator of www.sparksflyup.com
Audio Muses
Francine Prose — Author of the book The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired
Victoria Lautman — regular contributor
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Daniel Barenboim
Album: Mozart Piano Concertos No. 20-23
Song: "No. 20 466 in D minor"
December 9, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio United Airlines Files for Bankruptcy Protection
David Griesing — Bbusiness contributor and columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Joe Schwieterman — DePaul University Law Professor.
Phillip Hablutzel — Professor of law at Chicago Kent College of Law
Audio Aldermanic Races
Dick Simpson — Professor of political science at UIC and former alderman
Tracy Baim — Publisher and editor of Windy City Times
Audio The Case Against Mayor Daley
Steve Rhodes — Reporter for Chicago Magazine
Audio Magnificent Obsession
Jim Nayder — Host of the Annoying Music Show and Producer of Magnificent Obsession, Stories of Recovery told by those living the experience. Airs on WBEZ Saturday mornings at 5:30 A.M
December 6, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio
The Open City


Eight Forty-Eight host Steve Edwards leads a panel discussion live from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Ninth Annual Great Cities Winter Forum.

Evan McKenzie — Associate professor of political science, University of Illinois at Chicago
Beth Richie — Associate professor of African-American studies at University of Illinois at Chicago
Juan Salgado — Executive director of the Instituto del Progreso Latino
Julia Stasch — Vice-president of the Program on Human and Community Development of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Audio Chicago Housing Authority Update
Mary Cunningham Research associate at the Urban Institute
Audio South Side
Nancy Geir — Chicago writer
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Neal Alger
Album: Here and Now, Then and Before
Song: Magnum Man
December 5, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Veto Session
Carlos Hernandez Gomez — Political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Humility
Al Gini — Resident philosopher for Eight Forty-Eight and professor of philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, discusses A Small Treatise on Great Virtues: The Uses of Philosophy in Everyday Life by Andre Comte-Sponville
Audio Why I am a Catholic
Studs Terkel — Special contributor
Garry Wills — Author of the new book Why I am a Catholic, published by Houghton Mifflin.
December 4, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Suburban Round-Up
Craig Johnson — Mayor of Elk Grove Village
Dr. Harry Reynolds — Superintendent of Hazelcrest School District
Mike Wassenberg — Executive director for the South Suburban Operations for Public Action to Deliver Shelter
Linda Yang — Executive director of the Ailin Association, is opening a community center in Naperville
Audio Mamet Set to Music
Scott Fields — Musician, performing at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington, Wednesday December 4, 2002 at 7pm.
Audio Morton Arboretum - Cold Trees
Dr. Abbas Shirazi — Research horticulturist at the Morton Arboretum
Audio Essay: Parents
Laura Raedle — Chicago writer
Audio Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller — Film contributor
Films Reviewed: Trials of Henry Kissinger, opens Music Box 12; Alias Betty, opens 12/6 at Music Box; Fritz Lang's The Woman In The Window And Man Hunt, at the Gene Siskel Film Center
Audio Music Corner
Artist: Switchback
Album: The Fire That Burns
Song: Apple Of My Eye
December 3, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio UAL Update, Holiday Shopping
David Greising — Business contributor and Chicago Tribune columnist
Audio Death Penalty Reform
Dan Vock — Statehouse bureau chief for Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Audio Graduate Students Union
Jim Meadows — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Snow Plow Driver Shortage
Ron Paxton — Lead Worker for Illinois Department of Transportation, Kane County
Audio Wacker Drive Reopens
Ed Keegan — Architecture contributor
Audio Digital TV
Wally Prodrazic — Television contributor
Audio David Klamen
David Klamen — Local artist. Currently showing at the Richard Gray Gallery in New York City
Victoria Lautman — Regular contributor
Audio

Local Music Corner
Artist: Nicole Mitchell
Album: Afrika Rising
Song: Afrika Rising Trilogy Movement 1 The Ancient Power Awakens

December 2, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Abraham
Bruce Feiler — Author of Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
Jason DeRose — Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio The Birth of the Atomic Age
Albert Wattenberg — University of Illinois physicist
Audio Beryllium Poisoning
Larry Kelman — University of Chicago and Argonne Lab scientist

 

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